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tups

tups is the plural of tup.

tups is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tup.

Meaning of tup

Noun (1)

tup (plural tups)

  1. A male sheep, a ram.
    • ... to tie up rams, which could not be supposed to much used to handling ... having often heard for a proverb, as mad as a tup in an halter1790, Annals of Agriculture
    Synonyms:
    ram
  2. The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer.
    • Those familiar with drop forging are accustomed to sizing drop hammers as 1 ton or 5 ton or whatever. This measure of the size is simply the weight of the tup. The total weight of the helve of No 2 is about 6.4 tons.1991, Dr J. McQuaid, “The 'Size' of the No.2 Hammer”, in The Cutting Edge

Noun (2)

tup (uncountable)

  1. Two pence.

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Questions about tups

What is tups the plural of?
Tups is the plural of tup.

Words near tups in the dictionary

  1. Tupperware parties
  2. Tupperware party
  3. tupperwares
  4. tupping
  5. tuppings
  6. tups
  7. Tupsley
  8. tupstroside
  9. Tupton
  10. tupuna
  11. tupunas

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